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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by sunstoned@lemmus.org to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

AlternativeTo is a site I use quite a bit. Personally I use it when I get fed up with an Android app having too many ads / creepy network behavior or want to find a self-hostable version of a freemium service.

It has filters for free, open source, platform type, etc. From my understanding it's all crowd sourced, so if you disagree with a rating put in a vote! Sharing this in hopes that others find it as useful as I do.

If you know of similar or better resources I would love to hear about them.

Edit: many people are noting that the comments and reviews are out of date. I agree! Despite that I still find it to he useful. It would be great if this little bit of visibility gets more folks engaged over there to improve it.

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[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

The best thing I have found on there:

How to navigate F-Droid and the huge number of apps.

https://alternativeto.net/list/28655/the-ultimate-f-droid-setup/

*disclaimer: I am not the author of this list

[-] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago
[-] ace_garp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the links, something I have not really thought about. I pretty much assume very low security/privacy on all modern smartphones anyway(commercial or FLOSS ecosystems).

F-Droid is a handy way to find and support devs who are sharing their expertise.

Certainly, use the download-channels that you are comfortable with.

As mentioned on that page, F-Droid and IzzyOnDroid can link you to many decent FLOSS apps. It's an easy way to be exposed to a large amount of free software.

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